US Turkey 'rejects' US condolences over Istanbul attack: Interior Minister - "President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often accuses Washington of supplying weapons to Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, deemed as "terrorists" by Ankara."

Times of India:

Turkey on Monday rejected US condolences over the death of six people in a bomb attack in Istanbul that Ankara blamed on an outlawed Kurdish militant group.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often accuses Washington of supplying weapons to Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, deemed as "terrorists" by Ankara.

"We do not accept the US embassy's message of condolences. We reject it," Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in televised comments.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the bombing a "vile attack" that had the "smell of terror".

A nine-year old girl and her father, as well as a 15-year-old girl and her mother were among those killed in the attack.

Istanbul police said Monday that 46 people had been detained in total.

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[TheDarknessGrows]

"We do not accept the US embassy's message of condolences. We reject it,"

America is back!

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

"We do not accept the US embassy's message of condolences. We reject it,"

What are they gonna do about it? Hold the embassy hostage?

 

[I'm Retarded?]

the biggest own of all and the best way to get people on your side is when something bad happens to you and somebody cooler than you offers boilerplate condolences, you publicly and loudly tell them to go fuck themselves and walk away mad

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often accuses Washington of supplying weapons to Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, deemed as "terrorists" by Ankara.

while I would not be surprised if this was true, I would also not be surprised to learn that the US sells just as much if not more weapons to the Turkish government itself

 

[cybertoaster]

the biggest own of all and the best way to get people on your side is when something bad happens to you and somebody cooler than you offers boilerplate condolences, you publicly and loudly tell them to go fuck themselves and walk away mad

owned



while I would not be surprised if this was true, I would also not be surprised to learn that the US sells just as much if not more weapons to the Turkish government itself

We do because they are part of NATO, but they have also been buying stuff from Russia which is a big no-no which is why giving weapons to the kurds its DC's way of saying "maybe youse should buy from us instead, capicce?"

 

[Your Starter for 10]

What a shame, this close to Thanksgiving.

 

[Snekposter]

We do because they are part of NATO, but they have also been buying stuff from Russia which is a big no-no which is why giving weapons to the kurds its DC's way of saying "maybe youse should buy from us instead, capicce?"

Pretty much. That whole part of the world from Ankara to Cairo might as well be one giant open-air arms bazaar with all of the dealings and double-dealings going on.

 

[Falcos_Commisar]

the biggest own of all and the best way to get people on your side is when something bad happens to you and somebody cooler than you offers boilerplate condolences, you publicly and loudly tell them to go fuck themselves and walk away mad

owned



while I would not be surprised if this was true, I would also not be surprised to learn that the US sells just as much if not more weapons to the Turkish government itself

The Turkish Air force is 100% American and 90% of the Turkish Army's helicopter fleet is American.

Erdogan is an asshurt dumbass whose mad he won't be Sultan in 2 years when he's thrown out of office.